Now playing Next Lithuania Lithuania declares emergency over migrant arrivals from Belarus Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has warned that his country would retaliate against the latest EU sanctions on his regime by loosening border controls for undocumented migrants. 03/07/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus' president says Western states are trying to overthrow him Alexander Lukashenko accused the US and Germany as well as neighbours Lithuania, Ukraine and Poland of preparing to remove him from power. 03/07/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus says it has dismantled 'terror cells' with ties to West President Alexander Lukashenko said the "terrorist sleeper cells" allegedly plotting a coup against him had ties with Germany, Ukraine, the US, Poland and Lithuania. 02/07/2021
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Now playing Next Uncovering Europe 'A pathetic revenge policy': Is Belarus enabling illegal migration? The number of people who illegally crossed into Lithuania from Belarus shot up in June following condemnation over the forced landing of a Ryanair flight to arrest a journalist. 30/06/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus cuts cooperation on migration with EU over sanctions The EU on Thursday slapped new bruising economic sanctions on Belarus over last month's diversion of a passenger jet to arrest a dissident journalist. 28/06/2021
Now playing Next state of the union Europe's week: Hungary's LGBT law dominates agenda Last week, the Hungarian parliament passed a new law that bans the portrayal of homosexuality and sex reassignment in school education material and TV programmes addressed to people under 18 years of age. 25/06/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarus: Journalist Roman Protasevich moved from jail to house arrest Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Friday called moving Pratasevich and Sapega to house arrest “good news,” but stressed it is not the end. “House arrest is not freedom, they're still facing charges, their every step is still being watched" 25/06/2021
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Now playing Next Europe News Europe should 'get its act together' on Russia: Russian ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, Russia's Ambassador to the EU, thinks the bloc should not be guided "by certain slogans or terms carved in stone" because relations with Russia are evolving. 23/06/2021
Now playing Next Europe News EU, US slap new sanctions on Belarus in response to Ryanair diversion Foreign affairs ministers from all EU countries met in Luxembourg and agreed to blacklist 78 individuals and 8 entities believed to be closely involved with President Lukashenko's regime. 21/06/2021
Now playing Next Belarus 'There's no going back': EU promises new sanctions will hurt Belarus As well as travel bans and asset freezes, Europe plans to ban exports of fertiliser, tobacco and petroleum. 21/06/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Belarusian journalist arrested off flight was 'hostage' at briefing The Belarusian dissident journalist who was arrested after authorities diverted a Ryanair flight to Minsk was present at a foreign ministry press briefing on Monday. 14/06/2021
Now playing Next Europe News NATO must confront China, but Russia remains top threat - US official US Chargé d’Affaires Douglas Jones tells Euronews that strengthening NATO is "all the more important" in a world of "increasing autocratic regimes". 13/06/2021
Now playing Next state of the union Europe's week: Macron slapped, Belarus sanctions and Babis vote These are the key stories that shaped this week in Brussels. 11/06/2021
Now playing Next Belarus Poland hits back as Belarus makes WW2 invasion date a public holiday Belarus declared a national holiday on September 17, the same day Soviet Forces invaded Poland in World War II in 1939. 09/06/2021
Now playing Next Europe News Belarus sanctions likely to be approved later this month, says EU MEPs debated the situation in Belarus with the EU's High Representative Josep Borrell on Tuesday. 08/06/2021